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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1874-1926
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CLAGGUM, CLAGUM, Clagam, Claggie, n. "A coarse sweetmeat, consisting of treacle hardened by boiling, and flavoured" (Sc. 1887 Jam.6, claggum, claggie), a sticky kind of toffee. Cf. Clack, n.2 Known to Bnff.2 and Abd. correspondents 1940. [′klɑgəm, ′klɑgi]Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. Ork. Par. (1922) 123:
Then there were the sweetie stands, where the young men stood "fairing" to their female acquaintances, this fairing consisting of . . . ginger-bread, or a lump of "clagum."Abd. 1926 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Review (July) 224:
Gin ye got an antrin bawbee to buy claggum fae Candy Shusie, an' ye're fader fees hame f' Bartle Market a fairin' o' Solomon's Temple, ye wiz thocht t' be unco weel aff.Hdg. 1885 "S. Mucklebackit" Rural Rhymes and Sketches 143:
At last we finished off, by way of dessert, with . . . creams, jellies, oranges . . . figs, clagam, rock, sugar-candy, and all sorts of sweetmeats.Rxb. 1874 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. 211/1:
The kraim-wives . . . exposed their wares of gingerbread, tam trott, and clagam on the old through stones.
